French Service Antique Revolver M1892, swing out cylinder $4300

Please text anytime 6476871484. Fully functional double action revolver in perfect ready to shoot condition.

No PAL required.

Ammo is available but sold separately.

This one can soot 3 factory loaded modern types of ammo including original 8mm, 7.5mm Nagant and 32S&W

Tested with smokeless powder.

Comes with FRT paperwork.

French Model 1892 Service Revolver in 8mm lebel caliber, 4.5" barrel, 6 shot. Very well built and robust . Fiocchi manufacturers modern 8mm ammo as well. The action functions excellent in single and double action. Timing and lockup are very good. Lanyard ring is undamaged. The gun is in excellent condition, with 99% of the arsenal blue intact. There is no surface pitting. The markings are sharp and complete. The action is tight and accurate, and the cylinder indexes and locks properly with no play. The bore of the 4 1/2 inch barrel is excellent and bright. The rifling is sharp and uninterrupted. The walnut grips are very good and undamaged, showing no wear. SN G10123, dated 1897.

The Model 1892 revolver (also known as the "Lebel revolver" and the "St. Etienne 8mm") is a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver. It was the standard issue sidearm for officers in the French military during the First World War.

The Modèle 1892 revolver is a solid frame revolver with the cylinder on a separate frame swinging right for manual reloading. The Modèle 1892 was first fielded in 1893 and was prominent among French military officers during First World War, and later the French police until the mid-1960s.